Hello,
My name is Raynel Frazier, I am a doctoral student in Organization Development and Change at Bowling Green State University and live and work in New York City. I am currently taking a class on collaborative change and am very interested in connecting with the Open Space Technology Community. Some background on me:
I am a trombonist and got my undergraduate degree in jazz performance. I worked as a professional musician for a while before starting my career in nonprofit arts. As an arts administrator my experience is mostly at at large nonprofit arts institutions as a concert programmer (booking artists in various venues), worked as a tour manager (traveling on national and international tours), and am currently a programs producer at a new arts venue/incubator. In my current role I work closely with the leadership team as we develop the systems, infrastructure, culture, and programs for this new organization. I am curious to learn more about Open Space Technology and how it can be applied to my work at this new arts nonprofit.
What have been some of your most impactful experiences with Open Space Technology?
If anyone who has been working with Open Space Technology has time, I would love to connect.
Thanks!
Raynel
Dear Raynel,
welcome to OSLIST, a great space to connect and to post questions.
Another special space will be the 29th Worldwide Open Space on Open
Space (WOSonOS) gathering this year in Berlin, Germany.
Jazz would be a wonderful component!
Here is a link to Open Space on Open Space on openspaceworld.org
with info on the Berlin event
At each of the 9 OSonOS (later WOSonOS) I participated in sessions on
"What have been some of your most impactful experiences with Open Space
Technology?"
... an impacting experience in themselves.
At the 6th OSonOS (thats what we called those events at that time) in
1998 in Monterey it was the double rainbow above the Pacific that
appeared when we talked about "Open Space Worldwide"... which
eventually became "WOSonOS".
And in my work as an Open Space facilitator I experienced something I
could never "explain" that still impacts me:
In an event with 40 kids aged 9 to 14 coming from 3 different
after-school care centers in Berlin back in 2000 they left the space one
after another after having posted their issues on the "bulletin board".
After everything was posted they heard me ring my temple bells and
returned to the space for the "market place" at which everyone chose
issues to work on. Without any hesitation and not having been present
when issues were posted they ran up to the bulletin board and selected
issues they wanted to work on... as if they had been present all the time.
Later we discovered that they preferred to be on the playground at the
venue and also were attracted to the buffet that had been set up for
them in the hallway.
How on earth were they able to fully stay in the space being in
different spaces?
Greetings from Berlin
mmp
Am 19.03.2023 um 01:17 schrieb Raynel Frazier via OSList:
Hello,
My name is Raynel Frazier, I am a doctoral student in Organization
Development and Change at Bowling Green State University and live and
work in New York City. I am currently taking a class on collaborative
change and am very interested in connecting with the Open Space
Technology Community. Some background on me:
I am a trombonist and got my undergraduate degree in jazz performance.
I worked as a professional musician for a while before starting my
career in nonprofit arts. As an arts administrator my experience is
mostly at at large nonprofit arts institutions as a concert programmer
(booking artists in various venues), worked as a tour manager
(traveling on national and international tours), and am currently a
programs producer at a new arts venue/incubator. In my current role I
work closely with the leadership team as we develop the systems,
infrastructure, culture, and programs for this new organization. I am
curious to learn more about Open Space Technology and how it can be
applied to my work at this new arts nonprofit.
What have been some of your most impactful experiences with Open Space
Technology?
If anyone who has been working with Open Space Technology has time, I
would love to connect.
Thanks!
Raynel
OSList mailing list -- everyone@oslist.org
To unsubscribe send an email to everyone-leave@oslist.org
Michael M Pannwitz
Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin
+49 30 7728000 mmpannwitz@posteo.de
Reynel welcome... You are in for quite an experience with lots of folks
with good stories to tell. Your background reminds me of a series of Open
Spaces some years ago. It seems that the Pew Foundation funded a large
program for community arts programs all across the country and once a year
they gathered in Philadelphia. For the last such gathering
someone suggested a three day Open Space. At the last possible minute the
foundation people got cold feet and decreed that the first day was going to
be the old standard talking heads with the appropriate experts. Shortly
after that program started a large man stood up in the rear of the
auditorium and said very loudly, "I don't know what the fuck this is -- but
it sure ain't open space -- and I'm out of here." He left with friends, the
speakers left, pandemonium reigned and the Open Space was underway. It was
deep, rich, inspiring as only a creative bunch of community artists could
make it. The program was officially over, but what happened next was even
better. Arts Councils across the country discovered that opening space in
their own venues ws a marvelous way to accomplish their mission. And along
the same line there is the story of Phelim McDermott -- who does improv
theater in the UK under the name "Improbable." Phelim is famous for a lot
of things, but my favorite is "Devoted and Disgruntled." D&D is an annual
open space event for the London theater community.. It has been going on
for about 20 years, I think and attracts 500 folks including actors,
funders, producers, aspiring actors... Phelim has taken this all over the
world with support from the Royal Theater organization (wrong title 😢) And
in his off time, Phelim directs operas -- His 4th or 5th at the Met
("Hours") has just closed -- previous to that he directed a total triumph,
Ikhnaton which is always sold out and has run twice. You do meet some
wonderful folks in the odd land of Open Space.
Harrison
On Sat, Mar 18, 2023 at 11:02 PM Michael M Pannwitz via OSList <
everyone@oslist.org> wrote:
Dear Raynel,
welcome to OSLIST, a great space to connect and to post questions.
Another special space will be the 29th Worldwide Open Space on Open
Space (WOSonOS) gathering this year in Berlin, Germany.
Jazz would be a wonderful component!
Here is a link to Open Space on Open Space on openspaceworld.org
with info on the Berlin event
At each of the 9 OSonOS (later WOSonOS) I participated in sessions on
"What have been some of your most impactful experiences with Open Space
Technology?"
... an impacting experience in themselves.
At the 6th OSonOS (thats what we called those events at that time) in
1998 in Monterey it was the double rainbow above the Pacific that
appeared when we talked about "Open Space Worldwide"... which
eventually became "WOSonOS".
And in my work as an Open Space facilitator I experienced something I
could never "explain" that still impacts me:
In an event with 40 kids aged 9 to 14 coming from 3 different
after-school care centers in Berlin back in 2000 they left the space one
after another after having posted their issues on the "bulletin board".
After everything was posted they heard me ring my temple bells and
returned to the space for the "market place" at which everyone chose
issues to work on. Without any hesitation and not having been present
when issues were posted they ran up to the bulletin board and selected
issues they wanted to work on... as if they had been present all the time.
Later we discovered that they preferred to be on the playground at the
venue and also were attracted to the buffet that had been set up for
them in the hallway.
How on earth were they able to fully stay in the space being in
different spaces?
Greetings from Berlin
mmp
Am 19.03.2023 um 01:17 schrieb Raynel Frazier via OSList:
Hello,
My name is Raynel Frazier, I am a doctoral student in Organization
Development and Change at Bowling Green State University and live and
work in New York City. I am currently taking a class on collaborative
change and am very interested in connecting with the Open Space
Technology Community. Some background on me:
I am a trombonist and got my undergraduate degree in jazz performance.
I worked as a professional musician for a while before starting my
career in nonprofit arts. As an arts administrator my experience is
mostly at at large nonprofit arts institutions as a concert programmer
(booking artists in various venues), worked as a tour manager
(traveling on national and international tours), and am currently a
programs producer at a new arts venue/incubator. In my current role I
work closely with the leadership team as we develop the systems,
infrastructure, culture, and programs for this new organization. I am
curious to learn more about Open Space Technology and how it can be
applied to my work at this new arts nonprofit.
What have been some of your most impactful experiences with Open Space
Technology?
If anyone who has been working with Open Space Technology has time, I
would love to connect.
Thanks!
Raynel
OSList mailing list -- everyone@oslist.org
To unsubscribe send an email to everyone-leave@oslist.org
Michael M Pannwitz
Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin
+49 30 7728000 mmpannwitz@posteo.de
OSList mailing list -- everyone@oslist.org
To unsubscribe send an email to everyone-leave@oslist.org